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(preposition) : prĭor and prĭus (old form also in
* Neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. pri; v. primus init.], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.
* Lit.: ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44: me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,id. Pis. 1, 2: qui prior has angustias occupaverit,first,Caes. B. C. 1, 66: prior proelio lacessere,id. ib. 1, 82: etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,Cic. Brut. 21, 84: priore loco causam dicere,first,id. Quint. 9, 32: priore aestate,in the former summer, last summer,id. Fam. 1, 9, 24: priore nocte,id. Cat. 1, 4, 8: factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2: prioribus comitiis,id. Planc. 22, 54: priore anno,the year before,Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5: prioris anni consules,id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9: Dionysius prior,the elder,Nep. Dion, 1, 3: vinum,of last year,Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120: priore libro,in the previous book,Col. 4, 22, 9: pedes,the forefeet,Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181: canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,the forepart,Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.: cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,Liv. 9, 23, 2: prius praecepta res erat,id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.: prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).
* Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.): inter prieres fratres,Amm. 21, 6, 2.
* Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Caes.): bellante prior,Hor. C. S. 51: color puniceae flore prior rosae,id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69: ut nemo haberetur prior,Liv. 27, 8: aetate et sapientiā,Sall. J. 10, 7: consilio et manu,id. ib. 96, 3: neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior: potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,Vell. 36, 7, 6: nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,id. 8, 29, 2: nihil prius nec potius visum,id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4: artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.
* Before, sooner, first, previously (class.).
* Alone: quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,Cic. Lael. 4, 15: regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,Liv. 37, 52, 4: ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,id. 36, 17, 8; so, prius ... nunc,Verg. G. 3, 362: prius ... tum,Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5: prius .... postea,id. 29, 12, 11.
* In gen., formerly, in former times (poet.), Cat. 51, 13: sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.
* Before that, before: prius quam lucet, assunt,before dawn,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115: prius illi erimus quam tu,id. Ps. 2, 4, 68: prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,id. Rud. 4, 4, 87: nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1: cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,before,id. Phil. 2, 1, 3: quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,id. Vatin. 2, 4: neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 53: quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1: priusquam aggrediar, etc.,id. Balb. 7, 18: prius quam ad portam venias,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.
* Sooner, rather: Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order: ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.
* Neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris, adj. comp. [from obsol. pri; v. primus init.], former, previous, prior, freq. to be translated first; cf. superior; Cicero nearly always uses prior, opp. to posterior, in time; superior in sense of former, in gen. relation to the present, when no other time is expressed; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 921 sq.
* Lit.: ita priori posterius, posteriori superius non jungitur,Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44: me quaestorem in primis, aedilem priorem, praetorem primum populus Romanus faciebat,id. Pis. 1, 2: qui prior has angustias occupaverit,first,Caes. B. C. 1, 66: prior proelio lacessere,id. ib. 1, 82: etsi utrique primas, priores tamen libenter deferunt Laelio,Cic. Brut. 21, 84: priore loco causam dicere,first,id. Quint. 9, 32: priore aestate,in the former summer, last summer,id. Fam. 1, 9, 24: priore nocte,id. Cat. 1, 4, 8: factum est enim meā culpā, ut priore anno non succederetur,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2: prioribus comitiis,id. Planc. 22, 54: priore anno,the year before,Liv. 3, 9, 7; 3, 10, 14; 4, 56, 5: prioris anni consules,id. 4, 13, 10; 4, 17, 9: Dionysius prior,the elder,Nep. Dion, 1, 3: vinum,of last year,Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120: priore libro,in the previous book,Col. 4, 22, 9: pedes,the forefeet,Nep. Eum. 5, 5; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181: canities homini semper a priori parte capitis, tum deinde ab aversā,the forepart,Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131.—Pleon.: cum prior Romanus exercitus praevenisset,Liv. 9, 23, 2: prius praecepta res erat,id. 21, 32, 7; cf. id. 9, 23, 2.— Old neutr. prior: hoc senatusconsultum prior factum est, Val. Antias ap. Prisc. p. 767 P.: prior bellum, Quadrig. ib.: foedus prior,id. ib. (cf.: bellum Punicum posterior, Cass. Hem. ib.).
* Former, i. e. deceased (late Lat.): inter prieres fratres,Amm. 21, 6, 2.
* Trop., better, superior, preferable, more excellent or important (not in Cic. and Caes.): bellante prior,Hor. C. S. 51: color puniceae flore prior rosae,id. C. 4, 10, 4; Ov. H. 18, 69: ut nemo haberetur prior,Liv. 27, 8: aetate et sapientiā,Sall. J. 10, 7: consilio et manu,id. ib. 96, 3: neque prius, neque antiquius quidquam habuit, quam, etc.,Vell. 2, 52, 4.—Esp. with potior: potius quanto prius potiusque est Philippum nobis conjungere quam hos,Vell. 36, 7, 6: nulla (res) prior potiorque visa est,id. 8, 29, 2: nihil prius nec potius visum,id. 39, 47, 4: unus Plinius est mihi priores, i. e. worth more than they all, Sent. Augur. ap. Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 4: artium multitudine prior omnibus, eloquentiā nulli secundus,App. Flor. 2, p. 346.—Hence, adv. comp.: prĭus.
* Before, sooner, first, previously (class.).
* Alone: quem fuit aequius, ut prius introieram in vitam, sic prius exire de vitā,Cic. Lael. 4, 15: regem prius Europā, post et Asiā, expellere,Liv. 37, 52, 4: ut vos prius experti estis, nunc Antiochus experitur,id. 36, 17, 8; so, prius ... nunc,Verg. G. 3, 362: prius ... tum,Cato, R. R. 135; Liv. 34, 55, 5: prius .... postea,id. 29, 12, 11.
* In gen., formerly, in former times (poet.), Cat. 51, 13: sed haec prius fuere: nunc, etc.,id. 4, 25; Prop. 1, 1, 18.
* Before that, before: prius quam lucet, assunt,before dawn,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115: prius illi erimus quam tu,id. Ps. 2, 4, 68: prius quam plane aspexit ilico eum esse dixit,id. Rud. 4, 4, 87: nihil prius mihi faciendum putavi, quam ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 4, 1, 1: cui prius quam de ceteris rebus respondeo, de amicitiā pauca dicam,before,id. Phil. 2, 1, 3: quod ego, prius quam loqui coepisti, sensi,id. Vatin. 2, 4: neque prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 53: quid potius faciam, prius quam me dormitum conferam, non reperio,Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1: priusquam aggrediar, etc.,id. Balb. 7, 18: prius quam ad portam venias,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44.
* Sooner, rather: Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam ibin aut aspidem violent,Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. Lig. 12, 34; Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Sometimes in an inverted order: ad hoc genus hominum duravi, quam prius me ad plures penetravi,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Prop. 2, 14, 11 (3, 10, 10); v. Zumpt, Gram. § 576.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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